v. t.
A group of organisms, either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness. In zoology a family is less comprehesive than an order; in botany it is often considered the same thing as an order. →
n.
One of the external openings of the nose, which give passage to the air breathed and to secretions from the nose and eyes; one of the anterior nares. →